Global Warming

Global Warming? Give Me a Break!!

For all those people out there who believe that they have got nothing to do with global issues and very conveniently turn their backs to such problems, we have some news. One of the major global concerns is Global Warming. And not only is it occurring but it is occurring at an ominous pace. I [...]

For all those people out there who believe that they have got nothing to do with global issues and very conveniently turn their backs to such problems, we have some news.

One of the major global concerns is Global Warming. And not only is it occurring but it is occurring at an ominous pace.

I really want to know that is it that people are actually ignorant of the fact that what is happening to our Earth or is it that they choose to be ignorant?

Here are some ways how people choose to be or are actually ignorant.

Some people dismiss the fact that due to global warming, the temperature on the Earth is actually rising because they encounter cold weather at some place. They assume that the winters are as cool this year as they were previous year if not cooler. While the truth is the temperature is not the same relatively. It is falling every year. And before assuming such facts we should also know the difference between temperature and climate. While the tem ‘weather’ is limitedly used to for a particular place for a particular time; ‘climate’ takes into account the long-term temperature for a particular place. So, we should be more concerned about the climate than making our own theories of relativity based on weather.

Due to this increase in temperature, Arctic Ice is melting. Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, the single largest block of ice in arctic has developed cracks since 2000. These melting ice caps threaten to increase the sea level, thus shadowing over the low lying areas and thus directly threatening us.

Since we are mostly concerned with what affects us and only us, we overlook the other consequences of the same threat. But just because we overlook it, it doesn’t mean that the other problems seize to exist.

If global warming continues at this pace, then soon the marine life will be wiped off. So I guess we should better buy tickets for those famous aquamarines because soon that would be the only place to go to sight water animals.

And better pack your bags and take off to Goa or Mauritius. That is irrelevant, the only pre-condition is that the place should have a beach because soon the oceans and seas would turn into an enormous pool of acids, thanks to our generous contribution to the level of carbon dioxide which is absorbed by water bodies and these perfect ingredients combine together to give us carbonic acid.
Dare to read further? Well, since we choose not to bother with global warming then we should also be ready to welcome more hurricanes, floods bursting volcanoes and be ready to surrender your lives to heat strokes, heart attacks, asthma etc.

Till now I am sure I must have scared you quiet a bit but at the same time must be wondering “what did I exactly do to bear the brunt of global warming?” Well we humans do a lot. The emission of carbon dioxide is the main culprit which is almost omnipresent now with so many sources to assure its existence. For example: factories, usage of more and more vehicles, burning of fossil fuels, improper disposal of garbage, deforestation, excess usage of ACs and deodorants etc.

I am not a sadist who will just increase your worries, blame you and then disappear. So now I come down to your favorite question which must have been hammering in your brain for quite some time. “Can we do anything to check global warming?”

The answer is yes we can and for that you need not look for any guidance or join a “save our Earth” camp. And I will list here a few measures:

• Use florescent bulbs
• Favor public transport over private vehicles
• Keep your ACs clean and save up to 5% energy
• Prefer diesel over petrol
• Use solar energy to cook
• Recycle garbage and thus wisely go for reusable garbage
• Save up to 25% energy by insulating your house walls and ceilings in winters
• Plant trees near your place
• Go for energy efficient appliances when you need to buy new ones
• And most importantly pass on this article to other to jostle their conscience!

I guess, now it’s enough for today and we better start doing something for our Green World. Guys…wake up..!!